Dignity?
26 January 2008
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Sen. Patrick Leahy opines that Bill Clinton's aggressive campaigning for his wife is "beneath the dignity of a former president" ("Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks," January 24). I disagree. While Americans pretend that the office of the President is majestic and dignified, it has been filled mostly with pretentious rogues and power-mongers. From relatively petty indiscretions (such as boinking underlings in Oval Office closets) to misleading the public on the need to launch unwinnable, counterproductive, and cruel wars against tactics (the "war on terror") - and countless shenanigans in between - modern Presidents reveal themselves to be about as dignified as Enron accountants or O.J. Simpson.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Sen. Patrick Leahy opines that Bill Clinton's aggressive campaigning for his wife is "beneath the dignity of a former president" ("Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks," January 24). I disagree. While Americans pretend that the office of the President is majestic and dignified, it has been filled mostly with pretentious rogues and power-mongers. From relatively petty indiscretions (such as boinking underlings in Oval Office closets) to misleading the public on the need to launch unwinnable, counterproductive, and cruel wars against tactics (the "war on terror") - and countless shenanigans in between - modern Presidents reveal themselves to be about as dignified as Enron accountants or O.J. Simpson.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Thursday June 19, 2008 at 1:18pm